'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

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Philosophical underpinnings (sourced from Wikipedia)
Challenging Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of eternal recurrence (the idea that the universe and its events have already occurred and will recur ad infinitum), the story’s thematic meditations posit the alternative; that each person has only one life to live, and that which occurs in life occurs only once and never again — thus the “lightness” of being. In contrast, the concept of eternal recurrence imposes a “heaviness” on our lives and on the decisions we make (to borrow from Nietzsche's metaphor, it gives them "weight".) Nietzsche believed this heaviness could be either a tremendous burden or great benefit depending on the individual's perspective.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being was one of the titles in the list of 24 we were given, I researched it on the internet and found that it was a novel written in 1984.

Joe Cornish

I like Joe Cornish's work as it is simple, yet beautiful. He uses existing structures/lines to create focal points in his photographs. I feel that he is an influence on me as a photographer, as the work I have produced for 24/24 uses structures/lines within a residential area. I prefer existing subjects rather than staging an image completely.

24/24

We were given a brief in which we were asked to take 24 photographs on 24 given themes in 24 hours. We were also limited to using disposable cameras, which limited us but put us all on an equal start. As I was unable to view the images as I would be able to on my digital SLR camera, I had to frame the shots perfectly and get each shot right first time. When my photographs were developed, I found that the camera had cropped certain photographs down from what I had seen through the viewfinder. This was a useful technique but was very challenging and frustrating as I was unable to tell if I had any successful shots or if any would develop. I had chosen to use a gold decorative photo frame to frame the subject of each image to go through the series of images as a recurring theme.
We were able to revisit this using our own cameras, which enabled me to view each photograph I took on my camera screen, therefore I could see if each shot worked as I went along. I decided to change the theme to a journey. When I looked back through the 24 images on my computer screen, I realised that only a select few of them were successful enough to present. These images tied together, as they were of entrances/exits of places with no people in them, which created quite an eerie atmosphere. I will need to expand on these few to develop this idea, possibly into a future project.